Australia will bid for 2026 climate summit with Pacific, but will face pressure to...
The Australian government will use the UN climate conference in Egypt to launch a bid with Pacific nations to host the 2026 summit and...
Marshall Islands confirms membership in the Pacific Islands Forum
The Marshall Islands ended two years of being at the centre of controversy over the possible break up of the Pacific’s premier regional organisation...
Vanuatu cabinet named
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishamael Kalsakau has named his cabinet after he was sworn in on Friday.
The line up of ministerial portfolios saw a former...
693,915 registered for Fiji’s 2022 election
A total of 693,915 Fijians have registered for the 2022 General Election which will take place on 14 December.
Of this, 348,349 voters are males...
Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks
The Cop27 UN climate summit has made a delayed start after delegates tussled late into Saturday night and on into Sunday morning over what...
Loss and damage must be at heart of Cop27 talks, experts say
Cop27, the UN climate summit beginning Sunday in Egypt, could fail before it even starts if countries do not agree to put the loss...
Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility...
Emily Wilkinson, Co-director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Matt Bishop, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University...
Ishmael Kalsakau is Vanuatu’s Prime Minister elect
After more than six hours of the first sitting of the new Vanuatu Parliament, former Vanuatu Deputy PM Ishmael Kalsakau was elected by an...
China to gift water cannon trucks, vehicles to Solomon Islands police days after Australian...
China will today donate at least two water cannon trucks and a host of vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), in...
Secrecy of ballot paramount: Fiji Supervisor of Elections
One of the paramount pillars of an election that is free, fair and credible is the right to secrecy of the ballot.
This was highlighted...
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